Prof. i. R. Dr. Hans E. Fischer
Former Head of the Fischer Working Group on Physics Education until 06/2020
Research Areas
Research Areas
- Physics education
- Instructional research
- Teacher training
- Lesson plan development
Research and Projects
Curriculum Vitae
| Since 2010 | Member of the commission for evaluating the graduate programme of the Ministry of Science, Research and Arts of Baden Württemberg |
| 2009 - 2016 | Head of the Centre of Teacher Education of the University of Duisburg-Essen |
| 2007 - 2008 | Vice president of the University Duisburg-Essen |
| Since 2003 | Professor of physics education (University of Duisburg-Essen), research professorship of the DFG. Speaker of the DFG-Research Group Science Education (nwu) |
| 2002 - 2004 | Member of the Commission of the Conference of the Ministries of Education (Kultusminister Konferenz) of Germany for Curriculum Development and Standards of Education |
| 2000 | Member of the working groups „Teacher Education“ and „Evaluation of Research“ of the „Scientific Commission of Lower Saxony“ |
| 1998 - 2006 | Member of the council of experts on science of the PISA project (OECD) |
| 1998 - 2006 | Member of the national council of experts on „increasing the efficiency of mathematics and science instruction“ |
| 1995 | University Professor of Physics Education (C3) at the University of Dortmund |
| 1994 | Venia legendi (authorization to teach at the university level following completion of the postdoctoral thesis or Habilitation) for physics education. Thesis title: “Learning physics: A challenge for instructional research" |
| 1985 | Dissertation with the title “Learning processes in physics instruction. Case studies in lessons on electrostatics from a constructivist perspective” |
| 1985 - 1995 | Assistant at the Institute for Physics Education at the University of Bremen (Prof. Dr. St. v. Aufschnaiter). Deputy teacher in the Bremen state program “Schulnahe Forschung” designed to bring research closer to schools |
| 1974 - 1985 | Studienassessor (probationary teacher) and Studienrat (tenured graduate secondary teacher) for physics and mathematics at a variety of secondary schools (stages I and II) in Bremen. |
| 1974 | Second State Teacher Certification Examination at Studienseminar Bremen for the subjects of physics and mathematics at the academic-track secondary level (Gymnasium). Thesis title: “Introduction to nuclear physics in the 12th grade from a problem-oriented perspective“, analysis of material structures for the construction of a curriculum in “Nuclear Physics” following H. Niedderer, J. Eigenmann, and A. Strittmatter |
| 1973 | First State Teacher Certification Examination at the Institute for Nuclear Physics at the University of Münster. Thesis title: “Activation energies and energy distribution in the thermo-stimulated electron emissions of aluminum” |
| 1968 - 1973 | Degree in Physics, Mathematics and Education at the Technical University of Clausthal-Zellerfeld and the University of Münster |
